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a240 million americans facing temperatures over 90 degrees. here are tonight's headlines. most vulnerable safe asng the- temperatures in major cities like new york, d.c., and philadelphia are expected to reach triple digits. >> it's miserable, actually. ♪ ♪ >> bronny james! >> bronny james, the teenage son of lebron james, is recovering after going into cardiac arrest during a practice at usc. ♪ ♪ >> norah: police say they found a walk involved with gunse gilgo beach murder suspect's home. >> 79 weapons were recovered. ♪ ♪ >> norah: breaking news. the u.s. marine veteran who was part of that russian prisoner swap last year went to ukraine to fight and is now injured. what impact will it have for others held in russia? ♪ ♪ >> ups and the teamsters union have reached a tentative deal to avoid a strike.
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a walkout of workers would have had national economic implications. ♪ ♪ >> norah: is the pentagon hiding evidence about ufos? what to know ahead of congress' historic hearing. ♪ ♪ >> an important milestone in the legacy of emmett till and his mother, mamie till-mobley. >> the courthouse by the riverside, at the church will all be part of a national monument. >> it really is to challenge our nation, to say that we can do better. ♪ ♪ >> norah: swimming to the record books. katie ledecky ties michael phelps for the most individual world championships. >> it has just been clicking and feels really great, so just going to keep doing what i'm doing. ♪ ♪ >> norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this tuesday night. we began with dangerous weather from coast-to-coast, from brutal heat to severe storms. a line of thunderstorms from new york to here in d.c. caused
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hundreds of flight delays and cancellations. the damage tonight as dark storm clouds rolled in new york city, prompting a flash flood alert, and look at this, heavy rains pouring into the subway during the afternoon commute. it also brought down trees and parts of brooklyn. and from coast-to-coast, that dangerous heat dome, it's expanding and growing more intense. from montana to miami. two-thirds of the nation will experience temperatures above 9t 24 hours. the most brutal conditions are in the southwest, with the city of phoenix topping 110 for the 26th straight day. cbs's nicole sganga is going to start us off tonight from one of the hottest cities in the nation, tempe. >> reporter: the numbers are astounding. the impact is heartbreaking. >> this is not normal. this is abnormal. >> reporter: maricopa county, which includes phoenix's already confirmed 18 heat related deaths investigating 69 others.
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heat wave is now expanding into the midwest. temperatures and most of the region well above 90. and wildfire smoke from canada is once again making air quality unhelpful. meanwhile, in europe, temperatures continued to score. in greece, and ongoing fire firefight. >> does not stop. >> reporter: on the island of evia, a plane had just dropped, burst into flames, killing both air man. as the concrete bakes, the concern grows over an effect known as the urban heat island. so much concrete and asphalt absorbing and remaining heat, it prevents the city from cooling overnight, and has gotten worse over time. in july of 1993, the average low temperature was 81 degrees. ten years later, it was 87. this july? it's 91. there is a race to cool down rescue animals. many treated for burned paws. the heat is particularly hard on
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the elderly and the nearly 10,000 in maricopa county without homes, like 58-year-old jim workman, a u.s. army veterae has lived on the streets for 20 years. >> it's 102 degrees at 1:00 in the morning, still getting hotter. >> reporter: a new study by a group of international scientists finds extreme heat swells now burning much of the u.s. and southern europe would be virtually impossible without climate change. norah? >> norah: nicole sganga, thank you very much. for where the storms are heading next and is expanding heat dome what's bringing me draws jacqui jeras from our partners at the weather channel vehicle hey there, jacqui. >> good evening, norah. we have had severe storms this afternoon and evening that have been doubting trees and bringing power outages and causing major travel delays all across the northeast. flash flooding has been a problem, and we've got a few more hours to go before we start to see improvement. from washington, d.c., all the
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way up to boston, those are the main risk areas still yet tonight, but by about 10:00, 11:00, it should all be over and done with. the next disturbance rolls through starting tomorrow. severe weather across the great lakes. this will work into detroit, as well as into cleveland. a few tornadoes will be possible before it moves into the northeast on thursday. the heat will replace it with building temperatures by the end of the week. norah? >> norah: yeah, some record highs expected. jacqui jeras, thank you. now to a scary incident involving the son of nba superstar lebron james. 18-year-old bronny, a freshman on the usc basketball team, suffered a cardiac arrest on monday during a workout on campus and he had to be rushed to the hospital. cbs's jonathan vigliotti has the latest details. >> reporter: for tonight, concerns about whether bronny james, one of the most recognizable basketball recruits ever, will still be able to play after being rushed to the hospital and admitted to the icu. a family spokesperson saying bronny is now out of intensive
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care and in stable condition. >> the son of lebron james, bronny james, made it official on saturday, committing to usc. >> reporter: bronny, the elder son of lebron james, the nba's all-time leading scorer, was a top recruiter sierra canyon high school in los angeles. in may, he announced his decision to play for usc and was at a practice when he went into cardiac arrest. a sudden cardiac arrest occurs when an electrical malfunction in the heart causes it to stop pumping blood to vital organs. it differs from a heart attack, which occurs when a blocked artery prevents oxygen rich blood from reaching the heart. >> reporter: how dangerous is a cardiac arrest? >> the inability to supply blood to the rest o the body, essentially, is a cause of death. it is very important to get care immediately. to call 911, to start compressions. >> reporter: lebron talked about his sons at the espy awards earlier this month. >> i am so proud of these two men standing right behind me tonight. >> reporter: the family spokesperson says lebron and
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his wife, savannah, wish to publicly send their deepest thanks and appreciation to the usc medical and athletic staff r their incredible work and dedication to the safety of their athletes. it's unclear why bronny went into cardiac arrest, but doctors say, if treated immediately, patients can make a full recovery, norah. >> norah: we are hoping so, jonathan vigliotti, thank you. tonight some investigators say they recovered a massive amount of evidence and will analyze the material to determine whether any of the women were killed in the house of the suspected gilgo beach serial killer. pbs's errol barnett reports police weren't just looking inside that cluttered ranch hom. >> reporter: after days of painstaking search income authorities say they have collected all they can. >> we have obtained a massive amount of material, all of which has to be catalogued and analyzed, and it is going to take quite some time. >> reporter: district attorney ray ray tierney could not rule out the possibility the small he
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where accused zero killer rex heuermann lived with his wife and kids may have also been a crime scene. the 12 days search involves specialists in body suit, cadaver dogs, excavators, and ground penetrating radar. gathering both tangible and trace evidence. which ranges from 279 guns to hair fibers, blood, and dna. investigators say they also found a walk-in vault with an iron door in the basement, where most of the guns were found. >> the cause of death with regard to the free victims has been categorized as homicidal violence. >> reporter: today, the d.a. said the houses being returned to heuermann's wife, who along with their kids was initially forced out with nothing but the clothes on their backs. the d.a. says they were out of town during alleged crimes. heuermann was charged with killing three women, but has pleaded not guilty. he is the prime suspect in a fourth death. also tonight, a former employee who worked with heuermann at has manhattan office said in a "new york magazine" article that he likes to hire young and
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petite women and once referred to a client as "a target insight." another standout detail tonight, heuemann's dna has not yet been shared with the national database. the d.a. explains that is because new york state law requires a conviction before anyone's bio signature can be uploaded. >> reporter: anyone's next court appearance, norah, is august 1st, next tuesday. >> norah: sounds like we are still at the beginning of this investigation. errol barnett, thank you so much. well tonight, u.s. marine veteran trevor reed, who was released in a high-stakes prisoner swap with russia in 2022, is recovering after getting injured while fighting in ukraine. cbs's weijia jiang reports reed is being treated at a military hospital in germany. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that trevor reed suffered a concussion and lacerations while fighting in eastern ukraine two weeks ago. u.s. officials are upset that heuermann, a marine veteran who was detained in russia for three
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years, would risk being recaptured and stressed that hes not engaging in activities on behalf of the u.s. government. >> we have warned that u.s. citizens who travel to ukraine, especially with the purpose of participating in fighting there, that they face significant risks, including the risk of capture or death. >> reporter: in 2019, reed was arrested in russia, accused of assault, and then released last year as part of a prisoner swap for a russian drug trafficker. a deal that president biden brokered. reed was released before pul whelan, another american who has been detained in russia since 2018. his brother, david, said i can't imagine the anger vengeance, and grief that hostages must feel. some u.s. officials are worried reed's actions could hurt
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efforts to bring whelan and evan gershkovich, a "wall street journal" reporter detained since march, back home. >> the team is committed. the president continues to be committed to do everything that we can, to go down every avenue we can to get paul and evan home. >> reporter: reed was evacuated from ukraine with the help of a nongovernmental organization, although it is unclear when he could return to the u.s. he was expected to begin classes at georgetown university next month. norah? >> norah: and weijia, i understand a federal judge has blocked a significant part of biden's into immigration policy. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: that's right, norah. the asylum policy bars most another country from seeking asylum once they get here. the administration says that is one big reason why border crossings have plummeted since it was implement it in may. the justice department plans to appeal the ruling. norah? >> norah: that is big news. weijia, thank you. while we are learning more about another dangerous
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encounter between u.s. and russn aircraft over syria. this one happened on sunday purely russian fighter jet flew within a few yards of an american reaper drone and fired players at it, striking the drone and damaging its propeller. the drone was on a counterterrorism mission against isis and did make it back to its base safely. back here in washington, there will be an unusual house oversight hearing this week on what is being called unidentified aerial phenomenon. better known as ufos. cbs's scott macfarlane reports as the number of unexplained sightings have increased, so has the demand for more answers. >> reporter: the number of close encounters spirit speak with whole fleet of them, look. >> reporter: isn't just increasing. it's touring. >> my gosh. >> reporter: 366 more reports of so called unidentified aerial phenomenon, or ufos, since march 2021. this triangle seemed to hover over a california military base. in this unidentified object
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zipped across the sky over the middle east. retired navy commander david fravor described another incident near san diego to "60 minutes." >> it goes -- and just terms abruptly and starts mirroring m. as i'm going down, it starts coming up. >> i think there are a lot of questions that the american public needs to know. >> reporter: tennessee republican tim burchett rep believes the pentagon is withholding evidence of possible extraterrestrial encounters. >> i want transparency. just released all the files they have on it. quit with this redacted stuff and let's get it out there. >> reporter: former intelligence officer david grusch will tell congress tomorrow that he was denied access to information on a secret government ufo crash retrieval program, something the pentagon disputes. astronomers seth shostak said the pentagon would have little incentive to cover up ufo encounters. >> why would they do that? and almost invariably, the responses, well, the public couldn't handle the news. that's -- that's totally bonkers, right?
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>> reporter: but new york democrat kirsten gillibrand said more transparency is critical. the increasing number of objects in the sky could be a threat to military aircraft. >> these pilots, they see this urgent for national security reason to have domain awareness. they could crash into these objects. >> reporter: congress, which for years has avoided this topic unidentified phenomenon, tomorrow will give it a big and bipartisan platform, when these three people take the witness stand to describe their own encounters with ufos, it will just be u.s. media watching. i am told several international news outlets watching this room, as well. norah? >> norah: no doubt a lot of interest. scott, thank you. tonight, there is a tentative contract agreement between ups and it's more than 340,000 union workers. the deal avoids what many predicted would be one of the largest and costliest strikes in american history. the teamsters called the agreement historic and said it sets a new standard in labor movement. details include higher wages, workplace protections, and more talks with air conditioning.
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on what would have been emmett till's 82nd birthday, president biden today named a new national monument honoring till end his mother. the monument includes three sites connected to till's brutal murder which helps for the civil rights movement. cbs's elise preston reports on the historic significance, and we do want to warn you that some of the images are disturbing. >> reporter: a heavy stillness hangs over the banks of this mississippi river. >> the landscape holds memory of one of the mostt tragic c chapts in american n history. >> this s is the m muddy backwks tallahatchchie river, where a a weigighted bodyy was found. >> reporter: nearly 70 years ago, emmett till's blistered and bruised body was dumped and discovered here. >> we want as many americans have international visitors to come here and to understand that this was a catalytic moment. >> reporter: till's can't know my cousin reverend
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wheeler parker was with him when he was abducted, brutally tortured, and killed by roy bryant and jw milam. >> then and now, the way they portrayed him. some people had the goal, he must've done something. thatat's what we were up agains. >> reporter: parker spoke with us at the historic roberts temple in chicago, the last place he saw his beloved cousin. unrecognizable lying in an open casksket. a pointed d decision made by till's mother,r, mamimie till-mobobley, to s shoe world what racial hatred did to her son. >> she was so fed up and so angry. she just said, let them see what i see. >> reporter: and today, the family received long-overdue recognition from the white house. ththe church h come a along wite missisissippi river site and courthouse, where all-white male jury let's be 26 as murderers walk three, were all part of a new national monument honoring till and his mother. brent leggs sees today's move as
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an important first step in protecting an additional 5,000 black historic sites. >> preservation gives us the opportunity to heal. >> reporter: what does it mean to have that value placed on payment your family endured? >> this speaks volumes because unless we do, we can repeat it again. >> reporter: elise preston, cbs news. >> norah: historic moment. well, some important news for drivers. with gas prices taking a majoror u-tuturn. that is nenext. ♪ ♪ you foundeded your kayayak comy becaususe you loveve the ocea- not spreadadsheets. you neneed to hirere. i need i indeed. indedeed you do.o. indeed i instant matatch instay delilivers qualility candidads matchihing your jojob descript. visit t indeed.comom/hire hi, i'm michael, i've lost 70 pounds on golo. matchihing your jojob descript.
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>> norah: finally, tonight, michael phelps has some company in the swimming record books. today, katie ledecky won the women's 1500-meter freestyle at the world championships in japan. that is her 15th individual world title, tying her with phelps. ledecky goes for number 16 later this week in the 1800, that's her favorite race. she has also won seven olympic gold medals and at 26 years old she is talking about raising not just next year in paris, but al. i wo bet against katie ledecky. she's great. that is tonight cbs n >> judge judy: your brother is in prison, and you have guardianship of the two children. >> announcer: a sister left to pick up the pieces. >> judge judy: what was his sentence? >> 41 years. >> judge judy: for what? >> murder. the victim was a 16-year-old girl, and he was 19. >> announcer: and young lives... >> judge judy: where is their mother? >> their mother was in rehab at the time. >> announcer: ...hang in the balance. >> judge judy: were these children conceived while he was
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in prison? >> yes. >> judge judy: not very good judgment. >> announcer: "judge judy." you are about to enter the courtroom you are about to enter the courtroom of judge judith sheindlin. captions paid for by cbs television distribution theodora wright is suing her former day care provider, jaclyn dougherty, for work she never completed and an unpaid loan. >> byrd: order! all rise! your honor, this is case number 410 on the calendar in the matter of wright vs. dougherty. >> judge judy: thank you. >> byrd: you're welcome, judge. parties have been sworn in. you may be seated. >> judge judy: ms. wright, you have a brother who has two children. >> correct. >> judge judy: your brother is in prison, according to your complaint, and you have guardianship of the two children. >> correct. >> judge judy: since when? >> since october 30 of 2017. >> judge judy: where is their mother? >> their mother was in rehab at the time. she got out of rehab in december, on december 11, and she's currently in oregon

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